Anti-Red Tape and Atomic News Shape VA Reform
A Middletown Journal summary notes Hoover Commission VA reform proposals sparking veteran group opposition led by the American Legion. It explains why critics branded the plan anti veteran while supporters call it anti red tape. The report also covers atomic energy advances, including an atomic engine for naval ships and projected timelines, plus debate over socialized medicine and proposed voluntary insurance as an alternative.
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Veterans Administration
American Legion
Omar Bradley
John Stelle
Legion
Stelle
Bradley
Hiroshima
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Navy
U. S
Frazer Woes: A Worry Clinic Case of Fear and False Syphilis
Frazer W., a wealthy college graduate and business executive, confides to Dr. George W. Crane that a supposed physician misdiagnosed him with syphilis. He becomes convinced of impending insanity, sells his business, restricts his circle, buys a pistol, and pursues medical books while fearing mental decline as he moves to a distant state. Continued on Page 5.
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Supreme Court affirms right to work and limits union coercion
The Supreme Court ruled that states may ban closed shops and compulsory unionization, protecting the right to work regardless of union membership. Justice Black cited that employers cannot hire or fire based on union status, reinforcing civil rights in the labor market.
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Supreme Part of
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
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Supreme Court
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John L. Lewis
America
One Word Led To Another In Aide To Draft Protest
Arthur Baer recalls a town fellow who dodged service by choosing jail over the army. He criticizes selective draft timing and argues for conscientious objection in wartime, suggesting training could blend with education and praising outdoor guards and paid inconveniences.
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Durance
Collander
Forever Amber
West Point
Army
Navy
Aviation
The Fat Man and the Change at the Diner
Hal Boyle recounts a New York scene where a portly man eats and spends, then discovers a cashier miscount. The exchange escalates as the owner’s wife and husband defend the mistake, while the man ponders the fate of a Good Samaritan.
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The Creche Story and a Christmas Moral
A town shopkeeper sells a Nativity Creche in the window to a wife who cannot save for it. Days later her husband miraculously gathers coins to buy it for her, but the item is already sold. The tale questions whether Christmas needs a moral, as the couple’s sacrifice and longing illuminate the holiday spirit.
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Eve
Soerry
Stars Say An Involved Challenge to Shrewd Analysis
Genevieve Kemble cautions that complex circumstances may test prudent thinking and calm action. Financial loss or diminished influence loom if logic yields to rash judgments. A birthday year demands steady conduct to unravel hazardous affairs without excess or offense.
Middletown Names Lee Thomas Head of Local Firm
Twenty years ago Lee Thomas was named head of the Middletown Hudson-Essex Company. The Middletown School Board sought sites for two new junior high schools while the high school glee club entered an interstate contest. The report notes the cocaine plant is cultivated and harvested much like tea in South America.
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Lee Thomas
Middletown Hudson- Essex Company
Middletown School Board
South America
Barbs on fashions and theft report from Ohio
In a humorous note the piece recalls how women once knitted but now often do not. A theft in Ohio saw a car stolen with dynamite sticks inside and police have yet to locate the culprit or vehicle.
Worst road in town between Central Ave and Coles Rd
A Cleveland visitor ranks the stretch from the end of Central Ave to Coles Rd on Route 25 as Middletown’s worst road. He cites the city’s Welcome sign and notes the idea to rename Route 122 to Coles Rd as a possible fix. Police anecdote recalls a rainy day bond issue.
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Rhodes scholars raise Oxford success story discussed
George E Sokolsky notes Frank Aydelotte on how American Rhodes scholars win open and first class honors at Oxford. He cites rising academic results without sacrificing character, the Blues, and leadership roles while comparing US and British education systems and highlighting states producing Rhodes scholars since 1930.
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Elmer Davis
Oxford
Cecil Rhodes
Frank Aydelotte
Aydelotte
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Oregon
Arizona
Delaware
Vermont
Maine
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Great Britain
Gandhi follower Dr Sushila Nayar keeps Gandhi program alive
Dr Sushila Nayar, close associate and physician to Gandhi, is in the United States on a United Nations fellowship studying maternal and child health. She notes Gandhi’s rural uplift projects, now run by eight to ten organizations, aiming to improve life across India’s 700,000 villages and prevent mass urbanization.
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Sushila Nayar
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Nayar
Lady Hardinge Medical College
New Delhi
India
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